Metallic fence-post.



' -Ei O. KAHN. METALLIC FENCE POST- APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 3o, 1909.

Patented Dec. 7,' 1909.

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4EDWARD c. mmv, or larrmriuxnr.,u wisconsin.

y -1 Speccation of LettersPatent. application sied June so, iaoefl serial No. 505,144.

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i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. KAHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metallic Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in metallic fence posts.

The primary object of my invention is, among other things, to provide a metallic fence post, which is not only stronger and more durable in proportion to the weight of material employed in its construction than those heretofore made, but also one, the anchor of which being open at its lower end may be readily driven into the soil while it also has the largest possible contact area with the ground in proportion to its weight, whereby a post when set will stand rmly in the ground and will easily resist all lateral strain to which it is subjected without the liability of becoming loose or broken.

My invention is further explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side View, and Fig. 2 a transverse section, drawnon line m-.fr of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the post shownin Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side view, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section, drawn on line y-g/ of Fig. 4, of a modified form of post in which Hat bar iron is used instead of angle iron for the vertical member of the post, and iiat bar iron is used instead of tubular iron for the brace member of the post.

Like parts are identified by the same reference numerals throughout the several views.

The post comprises the vertical member 1, which is preferably made of angle iron T- shape in cross section.

2 is the anchor, which is tubular in shape and is secured to the vertical sides of the vertical member 1 by a plurality of rivets or bolts 3, and is a brace member which is rigidly aliixed at its lower end to one side of the anchor 2 by bolts or rivets 5, and at its upper end to one side of the vertical member by bolts or rivets 6.

The post is provided on one side with a plurality of apertures 7 for the reception of wire retaining staples 8, by which the fence wires 9 are secured tothe post. The respective ends l0, 10, of the staples are first passed over the wires 9 and are then driven into the apertures 7 of the post, when their ends 10 are curved back laterally against the opposite side of the post, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, whereby the wires 9 are securely retained in place.

In the modified form of post shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the vertical member 11 is made of flat bar iron and the same is provided on one side with a plurality of angular slits or recesses 12 for the reception of the fence wires 9, which are adapted to be supported in said slits, when the V-shaped wall 13 of the slit may, if desired, be bent inwardly by a stroke of a hammer against the fence wires, whereby such wires are securely retained in place. In such last mentioned modified form, the brace member 14. is also made of flat bar iron, the upper end of which is secured to the side of the vertical member 11 by a bolt or rivet 15, while the lower end of said brace member is secured to the anchor 16 by a bolt 17 and said anchor is secured to the side of the vertical member 11 by a plurality of bolts or rivets 18. It will be obvious that by the construction shown, the' anchor affords a large contact area with the soil in which the post is embedded, whereby the same is rigidly supported in a vertical position and is not liable to become loosened by any ordinary lateral pressure to which a fence is subjected.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4, I have shown the anchor sub-divided into two parts 16 and 16', one located near the surface of the ground and the other near the lower end of the vertical member of the post, leaving an open space between them which form is preferably used in light or soft soil, whereby the lateral strain upon the post will be distributed over a greater area and whereby the post will be more rigidly retained in its vertical position than wlth a single anchor located near the surface of the ground.

It is obvious that by making the anchor with its lower end open, the narrow edges of the metal of which the anchor is formed will readily penetrate the soil, whereby the p ost may be driven the required depth, while the soil which otherwise would have to be removed, will enter the tubular space in the anchor and the necessity of digging holes for the post preparatory to setting them, is avoided.

.Patented Dec. t, 190e..

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is- 1 l. In a metallic fence post of the described class, the combination of a vertical wire supporting member, a tubular anchor wholly open at its lower end its vertical walls terminating downwardly and adapted to penetrate the soil when driven rigidly affixed at one side to the lower end of said member, and a brace member rigidly atHXed at its upper end to said wire supporting member and at its lower end to said anchor on the side opposite to said vertical wire supporting member.

2. In a metallic fence post of the described class, the combination of a vertical wire supporting member angular in cross section, a' hollow anchor wholly open at its lower end its vertical walls terminating downwardly and adapted to penetrate the soil when driven rigidly aiiiXed at one side to the lower end of said member, and a brace member rigidly affixed at its upper end to said wire supporting member and at its lower end to said anchor on the side opposite-to said vertical wire supporting member.

` '3. In a metallic :fence ost of the described class, the combination o a Vertical wire supporting member, a tubular anchor wholly open at both its upper and lower ends its vertical 'walls terminating downwardly and adapted when driven to penetrate the soil comprising two separate members one of which is atXed to the wire supporting member near its lower end and the other being aHiXed lto said wire supporting member on a higher plane slightly at a distance therefrom, and a brace member rigidly affixed at its upper end to one side of said wire supporting member and at its lower end to the upper end of said anchor, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD C. KAHN.

Witnesses:

JAS. B. ERWIN, O. R. ERWIN. 

